Missouri and Kansas Bills Add Flood Control Projects
The Senate Appropriations Committee added over 100 million dollars to a House flood control and reclamation bill. It funded Milford reservoir in Kansas, flood works on the Kansas and Missouri rivers at Kansas City, and planning for a Kansas River project at Lawrence. It also boosted allocations for Bull Shoals and other Arkansas River basin projects, with Oklahoma components, as part of a fiscal year package. The Wilson dam and Missouri River basin projects await final action in a conference.
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Mass Picketing Ordered in Bid To Widen Strike
New York insurgent drivers order mass picketing to widen their wildcat strike and shut down the private bus company. Attempts at bus garage picketing failed. 1,500 strikers rally for stronger action as 733 buses halt service, leaving half a million daily riders scrambling for alternatives.
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Omnibus Division of
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French films feel censor pressure as strikes and reforms stir Paris
Paris reports a growing criticism of French cinema with calls for stricter morality rules. The Transit Workers Union declares a strike unauthorized, halting the omnibus division while city plans for new one way streets threaten driver transfers. Film leaders face pressure from government and exhibitors to "clean up" adult content amid rising protests at provincial venues.
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Legislators to Attend Conference in Chicago
Missouri Legislative Research Committee plans a delegation to the National Legislative Conference in Chicago on August 31. Chairman Rep. Harry W. Smith said the three day meeting will explore how other states handle government issues. The committee authorized $600 yearly raises for two staffers, Margery L. Adamson and A. W. Betis.
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Chicago
Harry W. Smith
Saline County
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Hostess Pay Hike Okayed by Board
An arbitration board awarded an eight percent pay rise for Trans World Airlines hostesses and pursers, retroactive to May 1, 1959. An extra five percent rise will apply Feb 8. The National Mediation Board denied a jet differential but cut monthly flying hours for jet service.
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National Mediation Board
Statue of Liberty Renamed Liberty Island
NEW YORK AP In ceremonies Wednesday the old name Bedloe's Island disappeared and was renamed Liberty Island. The renaming had been approved by the 84th Congress and signed by President Eisenhower.
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Jury to Probe Ambush Shooting in Kansas City
A federal grand jury meets in Kansas City to investigate the ambush shooting of Kenneth Bruce Sheetz a former convict who had testified before a Omaha grand jury. Investigators seek links to an Omaha narcotics case as Sheetz remains in critical condition. Anthony Biase and six Omaha men are subpoenaed.
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Kenneth Bruce Sheetz
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Sheetz
Anthony J. Biase
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Edward L. Scheufler
U. S
Deadline Set For Wheat Allotment Applications
July 1 is the deadline for applying for wheat allotments in 1961, official said. Cole County ASC chairman Anton Siebeneck noted applications must be written on a special form available at the courthouse office. Law limits new wheat farms to no more than three percent of the county's total allotment.
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Siebeneck
Friend of Doctors Poison Control Center's Job Life
NEW YORK AP Harry W Raybin is the pois on control helper at home and work. A chemist who speaks by phone to doctors about accidental poisonings, he warns parents that home is not a safe place and outlines steps to treat exposures. His makeshift lab sits among everyday household items.
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Poison Control Center
New York
Harry W. Raybin
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New York City
Poison Control Centers Help Doctors Track Toxic Substances
A U S public health effort centers on rapid poison information as doctors seek details on substances patients ingest. Raybin, Jacobziner, and Cann praise the network refining data since the first center opened in Chicago in 1953 amid 250000 trade name products.
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Harold Jacobziner
Harry Raybin
Washington
Howard Cann
U. S. Public Health Service
National
New York
Jacobziner
Chicago
American Medical Assn
Authority Granted To Assign Air Alliance
Washington AP reports WCSM at Panama City Beach Florida received FCC authority to assign its broadcasting alliance to WCSM Broadcasting Inc. tied to KLIK Jefferson City Missouri and KFEQ AM TV St Joseph Missouri. The deal valued at 53 500 and other considerations.
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KLIK
Jefferson City
Kfeq-Am-Tv
St. Joseph
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